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The Occurrence of the Rat Lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, in Nonindigenous Snails in the Gulf of Mexico Region of the United States

Nonindigenous apple snails, Pomacea maculata (formerly Pomacea insularum), are currently spreading rapidly through the southeastern United States. This mollusk serves as an intermediate host of the rat lungworm parasite (Angiostrongylus cantonensis), which can cause eosinophilic meningitis in humans...

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Auteurs principaux: Teem, John L, Qvarnstrom, Yvonne, Bishop, Henry S, da Silva, Alexandre J, Carter, Jacoby, White-Mclean, Jodi, Smith, Trevor
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: University Clinical, Education & Research Associate (UCERA) 2013
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3689474/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23901374
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